Building a Sustainable Future: Essential Dialogues for Just Transitions
Understanding just transitions requires more than a single perspective. It calls for dialogue across disciplines, regions, knowledge systems, and lived experiences.
That is the idea behind the second edition of the TRAJECTS Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Building a Sustainable Future: Essential Dialogues for Just Transitions, which begins on 1 September 2026 through the DIGI-FACE platform.
Following a successful first edition, we are pleased to welcome a new cohort of participants to continue exploring the opportunities and challenges of just transitions alongside a global learning community.
Whether you are a student, researcher, practitioner, policymaker, community member, or simply curious about just transitions, this course offers an opportunity to engage with different perspectives and deepen your understanding of just transitions in different contexts.
What can you expect?
Over 14 weeks, participants will engage with transdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives through:
- recorded lectures;
- curated readings;
- reflective activities;
- discussion forums;
- and a small number of live online sessions that complement the learning experience.
Rather than presenting a single pathway, the course encourages participants to explore different ways of understanding and advancing just transitions across diverse contexts.
The course brings together more than 25 speakers from universities, research institutes, civil society organizations, and community initiatives across Africa, Europe, and Latin America.
Together, they explore just transitions through academic research, policy perspectives, and community experiences, reflecting the diversity of knowledge needed to address today's socioecological challenges.
Course information
The course is offered through DIGI-FACE, the online learning platform of the DAAD Global Centres.
The official language of the course is English. To make the course more accessible:
- all lectures include English and Spanish subtitles;
- participants are encouraged to engage in the discussion forums in English, although contributions in Spanish are also welcome.
Participants who successfully complete the course will receive a certificate of completion.
How to register
Participation is free.
To join the course:
- Create a free DIGI-FACE account.
- Log in to the platform.
- Register for Building a Sustainable Future: Essential Dialogues for Just Transitions.
Follow our step-by-step registration guide.